The Philippine Coast Guard accused the Chinese Navy of performing dangerous flight maneuvers on Tuesday when it flew close to a government aircraft patrolling a disputed shoal in the South China Sea. “This reckless action posed a serious risk to the safety of the pilots and passengers,” it said in a statement. The Philippine Coast Guard said the government fishery aircraft was conducting what it called a maritime domain awareness flight over Scarborough Shoal, a rocky atoll and prime fishing patch inside the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone.

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